Review the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

Escola Secundária de Vila Real de Santo António
School year 2011/2012

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Subject: English Teacher: Anabela Quaresma Delivery date: 16th April 2012 Student: Daniela Rodrigues no6 11st E

Bibliographic Indication: WILD, Oscar, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1st published. England; Oxford University Press, 1989 Illustrated by Nick Harris. Classification of the book: Novel, fiction. Favourite quotes: “There is nothing in the world as important as youth!” This is one of my favourite quotes because it marks the beginning of the story. This quote was said by Lord Henry, and this is when Dorian started thinking different. It is when the entire “problem” begins, when Dorian started giving more importance to youth. “I wish that I could always be young and that the picture could grow old”- cried Dorian. Before hearing Lord Henry talking about the importance of youth and telling him that his beauty and youth wouldn’t last forever, Dorian began thinking about it and seeing this as the most important thing in the world, his life started to spin around those ideas. “It is better to be beautiful than to be good.” This one describes all the thinking of Dorian Gray and marks one of the chapters. Along the book Dorian started to change his behaviour, changed to a cold person who hates everyone and who is only friend of thieves. In my opinion this quote characterizes Dorian Gray after he started to be more often with Lord Henry. Dorian started overthinking and became a person very different from what he was. He put beauty first instead of kindness. We can see this when he broke Sybil’s heart saying that art is the